Meet the world’s animals.

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• Asian small-clawed otter Aonyx cinereus

  

  A small otter of South and Southeast Asian wetlands. It probes mud and beneath rocks with its forepaws to find crabs and shellfish.

• Javan Trogon Apalharpactes reinwardtii

  

  The Javan Trogon lives in mountain forests in western Java. Males have a green-blue back and yellow belly, and the bird searches the lower forest for insects and figs.

• Pale-throated three-toed sloth Bradypus tridactylus

  

  A sloth from northern South America that lives in trees and feeds mainly on leaves.

• Black-breasted Munia Lonchura teerinki

  

  This finch of New Guinea feeds on seeds. Adult males stand out with a black face and breast, a reddish-brown back, and a yellow rump.

• Indonesian Porcupine Hystrix (Thecurus) pumila

  

  This porcupine lives on islands in the Palawan region and has dark bristles and rattling tail quills.

• Black Guineafowl Agelastes niger

  

  The Black Guineafowl is a ground-dwelling bird of forests in western and central Africa. It has black plumage and a bare red head, and occurs in small groups.

• Common tree shrew Tupaia glis

  This small mammal has a long, tapering muzzle and a bushy tail. During the day it searches for fruit and insects on the ground and among low shrubs.

• Blackish-blue Seedeater Amaurospiza moesta

  This small bird lives in South America's Atlantic Forest and is closely associated with bamboo. It eats bamboo buds, shoots and insects, and may move as bamboo conditions change.

• Geoffroy's Cat Leopardus geoffroyi

  A cat of southern South America, living in grassland, scrub, wetlands and woodland.

• Goldcrest Regulus regulus

  A very small woodland bird with a yellow crown stripe.

• Grant's Bushbaby Paragalago granti

  Grant's bushbaby is a small nocturnal primate of southeastern African forests. It rests in tree holes by day and becomes active at night.

• Olive-green Tanager Orthogonys chloricterus

  This tanager inhabits the Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil. Its back, wings, and tail are uniformly olive, while its belly is dull yellow.

• Potto Perodicticus potto

  This nocturnal primate inhabits West African forest and moves slowly along branches.

• Great white pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus

  An aquatic bird with a long bill and a stretchy pouch beneath it.

• Banded mongoose Mungos mungo

  A group-living mongoose of sub-Saharan Africa.

• Red-faced Cormorant Urile urile

  The Red-faced Cormorant lives along remote North Pacific coasts. In breeding plumage, its red face and white flank patch stand out against its dark body.

• Corsac fox Vulpes corsac

  A large-eared fox of the grasslands and semi-deserts of Central Asia.

• Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe Attagis gayi

  This plover-like bird lives in the high Andes. Its back is reddish brown, and the pale rufous underparts have fine, scalloped markings.

• Illiger's Saddle-back Tamarin Leontocebus illigeri

  This saddle-back tamarin lives in lowland forests of Peru. Its mottled back, black crown, and reddish-orange rump help describe its appearance.

• Palawan Flowerpecker Prionochilus plateni

  This small bird occurs on islands in the western Philippines. Males and females differ in color, and throat and breast colors also vary between island subspecies.

• Allegheny Woodrat Neotoma (Neotoma) magister

  This rodent occurs in the eastern United States. Its back is gray to brownish gray, its underside is white, and its long tail is distinctly two-toned.

• Philippine Fairy-bluebird Irena cyanogastra

  A fruit-eating forest bird endemic to the Philippines, it searches for figs and other fruit high in the canopy. Both sexes have glossy blue-and-black plumage.

• Coiban Agouti Dasyprocta coibae

  The Coiban agouti is a medium-sized rodent considered endemic to Coiba Island, Panama. A camera-trap study there recorded activity during daylight.

• Von der Decken's Hornbill Tockus deckeni

  Von der Decken’s Hornbill lives in dry scrub and savanna in East Africa. Males have red and cream bills, while females have black bills.